Lego ladies!

I posted about the Lego company starting to add more female characters to their line back in December (Lego Friends). Today I saw a proposed “Idea” on Lego’s Cuusoo platform where people suggest designs for new Lego products. This idea has women acting in all sorts of cool scientific roles. There is a paleontologist studying a dinosaur, an astronaut, astronomer, geologist, engineer and more! If the “Idea” gets enough supporters, Lego will consider mass producing it. Check it out and give it your support!

Does the scene on the bottom left portray an actor on one of those sets where they fake moon landings? The ships are all too small to fit an astronaut, and her suit is unzipped! Though with MIT’s next-gen form-fitting space suits, wearing an overcoat does become a possibility! Still, it could be a megaphone in her hand… ;)

Women in Planetary Science

Planetary science, roughly, is the study of the planets, moons, comets, asteroids, atmospheres, and dust -- everything in the solar system besides the Earth and Sun.

Women make up half the bodies in the solar system. Why not half the scientists?

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